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Geo restriction - Saorsat

marclt · 2020-08-14 19:52:00

I thought the whole point of Saorsat was that due to it’s limited footprint it meant that programmes would be shown as they are on Saorview. It’s not like RTE or 2RN have attempted to limit overspill of Saorview into the North and as we’ve seen since the Parameter change, Saorsat reception in NI is becoming more difficult.…

14-08-2020 7:52pm

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I thought the whole point of Saorsat was that due to it’s limited footprint it meant that programmes would be shown as they are on Saorview.

It’s not like RTE or 2RN have attempted to limit overspill of Saorview into the North and as we’ve seen since the Parameter change, Saorsat reception in NI is becoming more difficult.

So why are the Champions League games blocked on Saorsat? I can understand the need on the NI DTT mux and Sky NI subs.

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Yeah, I think the Champions' League has always been blocked on SaorSat for whatever reason.

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